# _**TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD: 1 JANUARY 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## _**REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS**_
**Charity name:**
THE UNITED CHURCH OF ST MARK
**Other names charity known as:**
ST MARK’S CHURCH
**Registered charity number:**
1176784
**Charity’s Principal address:**
Great Tattenhams Epsom Downs Surrey KT18 5RB
## **Names of Trustees**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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11|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||COLIN BATTY|CHAIRMAN AND
CHURCHWARDEN|||
||DES WILLIAMSON|MINISTER|||
||MARTIN TRENAMAN|TREASURER|||
||JOHN MILLER|STEWARD|||
||JANET WILLOCK|STEWARD|||
||MARK ROBINSON|CHURCHWARDEN|||
||MEL BRACEY|SAFEGUARDING OFFICER|||
||LIZ TOWNSEND|CHILDREN’S AND FAMILIES’
WORKER|||
||KEITH NELSON||||
||SHEILA BATTY||||
||DAVID WILLOCK||||
12 ROSALYN BIRCH 01/01/2022 – 13[RACHEL RUDDMORE ] 21/03/2022 14 EMMA SEARS
All trustees served for the year the report covers
## _**STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**_
**Type of governing document:** Constitution 30 April 2017
**How the charity is constituted:** Association
**Trustee selection method:**
Elected by membership
## _**OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**_
**Objects of charity:**
To advance the Christian Faith in the local community, by
- Celebration of public worship
- Teaching of Christian faith
- Mission and evangelism
- Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved
- Provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community, including, but not restricted to the elderly, the young, and other groups with need
- • The support of other charities in the UK and abroad
The Church would not exist without the contribution made by members who volunteer their time. Volunteers provide time in all areas of the church’s activities, including governance.
## **Policy on Safeguarding**
The Church has a Safeguarding Policy that is agreed by the Trustee’s every year. In accordance with the Church of England Safeguarding Policy and the Methodist Church Policy, the church is committed to the safeguarding, care, and nurture of everyone within our community.
All Trustees, and volunteers that work with children and vulnerable adults are required to be trained in safeguarding best practice through the Church of England or Methodist Church.
## _**ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE IN 2022**_
## **Messy Church**
Monthly worship for children and their families during term time including activities, worship and a meal.
## **Messy Munchkins**
A weekly meeting place for children under 5 and their carers, for activity, fun and support, in a Christian environment.
## **Messy Bundles**
A weekly meeting place for parents and carers and babies for support and friendship.
## **Worship**
A varied pattern of worship is provided which requires a great deal of preparation by Rev Des Williamson and the Worship team. The team plans and reviews our services of worship, looks at what works well in our services, how they can be improved, or done differently. Many people are involved in our worship including preachers and worship leaders, musicians, singers and projector and sound operators.
## **Pastoral**
The church pastoral team cares for those in need, they meet together to share concerns to make sure the right support is provided to those who need it. The team visits elderly, housebound, the sick and bereaved and anyone who would value a listening ear.
## **Community Cinema**
Films are shown mostly on Sunday evenings in the winter months, in 2022 13 screenings took place.
## **Tattenhams Market**
In 2022 the Market was held on 6 occasions providing a variety of different stalls from stallholders who rent a table for the market. The church provides refreshments, it is a good way to connect with the community.
## **Charitable donations**
In 2021 over £2,000 was raised for local, national and overseas charities. More details are included in the financial report.
## **St Mark’s Food Club**
The Food Club was launched in 2021 to provide an opportunity for local residents who need to save on their household spending due to low income or financial difficulties.
## _**FINANCIAL REVIEW**_
**1.** In 2022 a deficit was recorded of £2,317 on the general account, and £28,182 overall. The large deficit is mainly as a result of no additional funding for Children’s and Families’ Work in 2022. The funding previously received was used in 2022. Additional funding of £10,000 has been confirmed, which will be received in 2023.
## **2. Parish Share and Circuit Assessment**
The parish share payable in 2022 was £67,872, an increase of £2,555 (4%) on 2021. Additionally a sum of £1,000 was received from the Diocese as a redistribution of the surplus achieved by the Diocese in 2021.
Circuit assessment payable in 2022 was £1,550, an increase of £150 (11%) on 2021.
## **3. Planned giving**
The overall planned giving increased slightly in 2022, by £348 (1.1%).
The church does not receive any funding from the government or other statutory body. The church running costs are approximately £1,600 per week, and this needs to be financed by giving, donations and the church’s income generating activities (eg hall hire, Market and Community Cinema).
In 2022 a total of 5 new givers joined the planned giving scheme. We are grateful to the generosity of all church members who are in one of our planned giving schemes and give regularly for the work of the church.
I would urge you to join other members of the church who give in one of our planned giving schemes, if you do not already do so.
## **Parish Giving Scheme**
The Parish Giving Scheme at St Marks continues to be the most efficient way to give, both for the giver and church administration. There are 24 givers who give this way, including regular giving to the CFW fund. Givers agree for their giving to St Marks to be collected by direct debit which is passed to the church a few days later with gift aid added. Givers also have the opportunity for their giving to increase with inflation once a year, and the majority of PGS givers opt for this which enables the church’s income to grow each year. All members of the church are encouraged to give through the scheme.
Details of the Parish Giving Scheme can be found by following the link from the giving page on the Church website.
## **4. Tax recovered**
The amount the church is able to recover in 2022 was 25p for every £1 of gift aided income.
A total of £10,163 was recovered for the General Fund from planned giving as well as some donations, including card donations made in church and online. This includes £1,659 recovered through the Small Donations Scheme. A further £2,685 was recovered for the CFW Fund from CFW giving and donations.
Total tax recovered in 2021: £12,848.
## **5. Donations**
The church receives donations from groups who use the church building.
Total donations to the General Fund in 2022 was £7,724, including:
|Sing|£1,600|
|---|---|
|Include Choir|£700|
|Food Club|£1,000|
|Guides and Rainbows|£800|
|Christmas Together|£150|
|Community Lunches|£150|
The remaining donations were from individuals including 2 donations of £1,000.
## **Charitable Donations**
The following donations were made to charitable organisations, either through fundraising events, collections at services, or from church funds:
Circuit Connexional Funds £150
An amount of £240 is also donated to the Bible Reading Fellowship, the umbrella organisation behind Messy Church, from Messy Church contributions.
A sum of £2,121 was raised for Christian Aid from the Quiz which was held at St Mark’s in May 2022.
## **6. Tattenhams Market**
The Market has been running since October 2012, a monthly market with external stallholders paying a fee to have a table (£10 per month). The Church provides refreshments.
The market operated fully in 2022 (after restrictions in previous years) and took place on 6 occasions. The total proceeds was £2,591 (£1,529 in 2021), of this £1,294 was taken from refreshments, and the remainder from stallholder fees.
## **7. St Mark’s Community Cinema**
A total of 13 screenings took place in 2022 (6 in 2021), a total of £1,372 (£530 in 2021) was received from donations and refreshments (less expenses). A further £361 was received on gift aid claimed on Cinema donations through the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.
## **8. Messy Church and Messy Munchkins**
Messy Church (monthly) has been running at St Marks since 2009, and Messy Munchkins (weekly) was added in 2017.
The combined net income from these groups was £1,853 (£590 in 2021).
## **9. Income from Investments**
The Church receives interest at differing rates for funds invested.
|**Invested with**|**Value of investment**
**£ 31/12/22**|**Interest rate in 2022**|
|---|---|---|
|Cambridge and Counties
Bank|85,186|1.00%-2.60%|
|Skipton BS|21,000|0.35%- 2.15%|
Total interest income in 2022, £1,667 (£982 in 2021).
Interest was also received from CAF Bank balances (0.01%-1.15%)
All institutions that hold church funds are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which offers protection of up to £85,000 in case of occurrences that prevent the institution honouring requests to withdraw funds.
## **10. Fees from Weddings and Funerals**
The Church receives fees for Banns and a proportion of fees from Weddings and Funerals. In 2022 fees were received for 2 Banns (3 in 2021), 5 Funerals (4), and 1 wedding.
Additionally, a sum of £62 was received from the Diocese. Following a change to the way fees from Funerals held at a crematorium are distributed to parishes, it was agreed that a sum should be redistributed to parishes based on the number of funerals conducted.
Total fees received for Church in 2022: £583 (£379 in 2020).
## **11. Children’s and Families’ Worker** (CFW)
Liz Townsend was appointed in September 2008.
In 2022 the regular giving with gift aid provided £13,423 (£13,988 in 2021). Income for the Fund was also received from individual donations.
An additional successful grant application was made to Community Foundation for Surrey for £10,000, which will be received in January 2023.
A further £351 was received from a crowdfunding platform and a stall at the Market.
## The total cost of Children’s and Families’ Work in 2022 was £36,246.
Total income to CFW Fund:
|Regular Giving|10,738|
|---|---|
|Gift Aid|2,685|
|Fundraising|351|
|One off donations|1,438||
|---|---|---|
||15,212||
|Fund at 31 December 2021||32,037.69|
|Charged to fund in 2022||-36,246.49|
|Income received in 2022||15,211.92|
|||11,003.12|
It is important for regular giving to the Fund, in the form of donations and planned giving, to continue and increase in order for this ministry to continue at St Marks.
The ECC has committed to fund Children’s and Families’ Work at St Marks until at least December 2023.
## **12. Payment received from credit card and debit card**
Donations and payments by card can be made in church using a self service giving device. Card giving can also be made from the giving page on the Church website.
A total of £5,029 was received from card payments 2022 (£3,820 in 2021), including £1,635 (£1,823 in 2021) from the website. The card processing fee for these payments was £70.60 (average fee 1.4%).
## **13. Other Restricted Funds**
## Christmas Together
The event to serve a Christmas Day lunch took place at St Marks in 2022. Expenses of £364 were charged to the Christmas Together Fund. This included a contribution of £150 to the General Fund to cover the cost of energy incurred by the Church for the event.
## Food Club
The Food Club was launched in 2021 when funds were held in a separate restricted fund by the Church. In 2022 the Food Club became a separate entity with its own governance structure and bank account, and the funds held in the restricted fund were transferred to the Food Club to be held in their own bank account.
## **15. Reserves Policy**
This Reserves Policy deals with the following Funds only:
Unrestricted Fund – General Fund
Restricted Fund – Children’s and Families’ Worker Fund
## Restricted Fund - Maintenance Fund
_Church’s Reserves at 31 December 2022:_ £ Unrestricted Funds - General Fund 63,592
|Restricted Fund - CFW Fund
Restricted Fund - Maintenance Fund|11,003
33,602|
|---|---|
||108,197|
## _Policy_
## **General Fund**
We aim to hold sufficient reserves in our general fund to cover 6 months expenditure, ie £42,000.
The Church needs to be able to cover its monthly commitments (eg Parish Share of £5,868 per month), and be in a position to fund future year deficits if necessary of the general fund.
The Church also needs to be in a position to fund any unexpected building maintenance to ensure that all areas of the building remain safe and secure for all users of the building.
## **Children’s and Families’ Worker Fund**
The fund is used to pay the St Mark’s Children’s and Families’ Worker (through the Circuit Payroll) salary, expenses and other CFW costs. Regular giving from the congregation and gift aid is credited to the fund. Total CFW Fund commitments are approximately £3,000 per month.
Regular income to the fund is not sufficient to meet financial commitments. The Church Council has made a commitment to fund the work to December 2023, using the general fund when necessary.
## **Maintenance Fund**
The fund is in place following the original building work completed in 2011.
ECC agreed that the fund can be used to cover essential building maintenance costs. In 2022 a sum of £2,286 was charged to the fund.
|_Total Reserves Requirement:_
6 months General Fund expenditure
6 months CFW Fund Expenditure
Provision for unscheduled building maintenance|42,000
18,000
10,000|
|---|---|
||70,000|
## _**THE UNITED CHURCH OF ST MARK**_
## **SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022**
|Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
2021
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
£
£
£
48,616
17,310
65,926
Voluntary Income
2,059
-
2,059
Activities for generating funds
982
-
982
Income from Investments
10,251
-
10,251
Church Activities
-
42,089
42,089
Other Incoming Resources
61,907
59,398
121,306
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
78,476
41,583
120,059
Church Activities
225
0
225
Charitable grants and donations
78,701
41,583
120,284
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
-16,793
17,815
1,022
**NET INCOMING RESOURCES**
0
0
0
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
82,552
53,996
136,548
BALANCES B/FWD 1 JANUARY 2022
**65,759**
**71,811**
**137,570**
**BALANCES C/FWD 31 DECEMBER 2022**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted TOTAL**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
54,431
15,339
69,770
4,140
-
4,140
1,667
-
1,667
19,653
-
19,653
2,844
1,035
3,879|
|---|---|
||**82,734**
**16,375**
**99,109**|
||84,751
42,240
126,991
150
-
150|
||**84,901**
**42,240**
**127,141**|
||**-2,167**
**-25,865**
**-28,032**
**0**
**0**
**0**
65,759
71,811
137,570|
||**63,592**
**45,946**
**109,538**|
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022**
|**TOTAL**
**2021**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**|**Restricted**
**TOTAL**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Voluntary Income**
Planned giving:
41,806
Gift Aid donations
11,738
Tax recovered
920
Non gift aid donations
898
Cash collections
217
Messy Church
693
Messy Munchkins
149
Sunday Coffee
9,505
Donations
65,926
**Activities for generating Funds**
-
Derby Day Car park
1,529
Tattenhams Market
530
Community Cinema
2,059
**Income from investments**
846
Interest on Cambridge and
Counties
135
Interest on Skipton BS
1
Interest on CAF Bank Accounts
982
**Church Activities**
9,872
Hall lettings
379
Fees from weddings and funerals
10,251
**Other incoming resources**
-
Support from Diocese
31,500
Grant funding for CFW Fund
546
Fundraising for CFW Fund
721
Crowdfunding for CFW Fund
3,046
Funding received for Church
cooker
710
Funding received for Broadband
4,262
Food Club
1,304
Christmas Together
42,089
**121,306**
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**|30,814
10,163
1,050
2,576
-
1,907
375
7,546|54,431
4,140
1,667
19,653
2,844|10,738
2,685
-
-
383
96
-
1,438
15,339
69,770
-
-
0
4,140
-
-
-
0
1,667
-
-
0
19,653
-
-
290
61
-
424
-
260
1,035
3,879|
||178
2,591
1,372|||
||1,381
263
23|||
||19,070
583|||
||2,844
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|||
|||||
|||**82,734**|**16,375**
**99,109**|
|**TOTAL**
**2021**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**|**Restricted**
**TOTAL**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Church Activities**
Ministry:
65,317
Diocesan Parish Share
1,399
Circuit Assessment
607
Vicar's expenses
0
Deanery Synod
248
Other Ministry costs
34,744
Children's and Families' Work
300
Messy Church
20
Messy Munchkins
102,635
Charity Giving:
125
Methodist Connexional Funds
100
St Bede's School
225
Property running costs
456
Building Maintenance
1,900
Equipment and Materials
3,893
Utilities
1,816
Insurance
1,772
Hall cleaning
9,837
Worship:
205
Resources
75
Piano and organ tuning and
repair
64
Altar requisites
344
Resourcing and Training
111
Baptism cards, books, and
resources
135
Posters and leaflets
0
Training
129
Lunches and refreshments
108
Other
482
Sundry expenses
58
Card fees
96
Bank charge
10
DBC Admin charge
65
Other misc expenses
229
Other resources expended
954
Christmas Together
3,046
Church cooker
1,821
Food Club balance transferred
710
Church Broadband
6,531
**113,753**
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**|67,872
1,550
833
40
335
-
54
-
70,684
150
150
0
1,526
6,711
1,921
2,657
12,816
372
95
75
542
158
-
-
179
12
349
71
81
71
137
360
-
-
-
-|-
-
-
-
-
36,246
383
96
36,725
107,409
-
-
0
150
2,286
-
-
-
-
2,286
15,102
-
-
-
0
542
-
-
-
-
-
0
349
-
-
-
-
0
360
364
-
2,440
424
3,229
3,229|
||**84,901**|**42,240**
**127,141**|
## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2022**
|**2021**
**£**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
85,072
Cambridge and Counties Bank
15,170
CAF Bank balances
41,000
Skipton Building Society
1,341
Debtors and prepayments
142,583
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
-5,013
Creditors - amounts falling due in one year
137,570
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**137,570**
**TOTAL NET ASSETS**
Represented by
**Unrestricted Funds**
65,759
General Fund
**Restricted Funds**
32,038
Children's and Families' Worker Fund
35,888
Maintenance Fund
1,445
Christmas Together Fund
2,440
Food Club
**137,570**|**£**
85,186
4,820
21,000
6,761|**£**
109,538|
|---|---|---|
||117,766
-8,228||
||11,003
33,602
1,340
0||
|||**109,538**
63,592
45,946|
|||**109,538**|
………………………………… Martin Trenaman MAAT Treasurer
………………………………… Colin Batty Chairman, Ecumenical Church Council
………………………………… Rev Des Williamson Minister
………………………………….
Anthony Hallett Independent Examiner
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2022**
|**2021**
**£**
**Income**
30,595
Planned giving - GA
8,935
Tax recovered
920
Planned giving - non GA
898
Cash collections
6,594
Other donations
-83
Messy Church (net)
673
Messy Munchkins (net)
982
Interest
9,872
Hall lettings
379
PCC fees from weddings and funerals
1,529
Tattenhams Market
530
Cinema
**61,824**
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
65,317
Parish Share
1,399
Circuit Assessment
607
Vicar expenses
-
Deanery Synod
248
Other Ministry
64.08
Altar requisites
205
Worship
75
Organist/musicians and tuning
225
Grants and Giving
482
Education Training, mission
385
Maintenance
1,900
Equip and mats
3,893
Utilities
1,816
Insurance
1,772
Cleaning
229
Sundry
**78,618**
**Total Expenditure**
**-16,793**
**Surplus/(Deficit) for Year**|**2022**
**£**
30,814
10,163
1,050
2,576
10,943
-54
1,907
1,667
19,070
583
2,591
1,372|
|---|---|
||**82,680**
67,872
1,550
833
40
335
75
372
95
150
349
-
1,526
6,711
1,921
2,657
360|
||**84,847**
**-2,167**|
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the members/trustees of the Ecumenical Church Council (ECC) of The United Church of St Mark, Tattenham Corner.**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2022.
## **Respective responsibilities of the ECC and the examiner**
The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the management committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent Examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act; or
- to prepare accounts which accord with these accounting records have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
Tony Hallett
10 March 2023
## _**DECLARATION**_
The trustee’s declare that they have approved the trustee’s report above.
## **Signed on behalf of the Trustees:**
|**Signatures**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Full names**|COLIN BATTY|MARTIN TRENAMAN|
|**Position**|CHURCHWARDEN|TREASURER|
|**Date**|16 OCTOBER 2023||